PETULANT

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

petulant (comparative more petulant, superlative most petulant)

childishly irritable

(obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

Synonyms

• (irritable): bad-tempered, crabby, grouchy, huffy, ill-tempered, irritable, snappish; see also irritable

• (forward, pert): brazen, flippant, impertinent; see also cheeky

Antonyms

• easygoing

Anagrams

• patulent

Source: Wiktionary

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Pet"u*lant, a. Etym: [L. petulans, -antis, prop., making slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: cf. F. pétulant. See Petition.]

1. Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [Obs.] Burton.

2. Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable. "Petulant moods." Macaulay.

Syn.

– Irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful; querulous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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